Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 23:37
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 725 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 68.9 65% 76 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 71.5 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 392 318 242 246 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 367 Mixed 368 SusWrite 308 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 40.8 138% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 258 216% 312 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 98%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 132 131 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 108 Write 133 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 131 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 112 109 114 112 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 122 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 110 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 48GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 69 69 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 78 Write 64.5 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 69.8 86% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 81% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16